locker – English noun declension

English noun forms of locker

Noun: locker
Singularlocker
Plurallockers

Sample Sentences

  • The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
  • This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk. [2016 October 8, Donald J. Trump, “Donald J. Trump’s Apology for Vulgar Comments”, in The New York Times:]
  • Neo Hutiri is the creator of Pelebox, a system of internet-enabled lockers that dispense medication for chronic conditions to patients, helping to cut down queues and ease pressure on hospital resources. [2024 February 1, Nell Lewis, “South African innovator’s medicine-dispensing lockers win prestigious prize”, in CNN:]
  • She was afraid to come out of the locker.
  • The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
  • The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a proof that the duties have been paid […] [1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, volume 12:]
  • Then there are online service providers (OSPs), which might provide you with a message board, a blogging system, a video-hosting service, a file locker, an instant-messaging system, or an email box. [2014, Cory Doctorow, Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age:]

Etymology

From lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix). Related to German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket. See: German Nouns 'Loch', Dutch Nouns 'luik', Dutch Nouns 'loket'.

Verbs referencing "locker"

Dutch Nouns locker.